What’s in a name? If you’re 3P Processing in Wichita, Kansas, it’s fairly simple to explain what their name implies: processing, performance, problem-solving.

Valence Seattle has successfully completed its recent expansion and is now offering hard anodizing services for the aerospace and defense supply chain in the Pacific Northwest.

A research team led by Dr. Joong-Kee Lee of the Center for Energy Storage Research used a new anodizing method to develop a next-generation secondary battery that uses zinc metal as an electrode without any risk of explosion or fire.

The Nadcap advisory demanding “dimensional inspection” of all anodize parts in lieu of thickness checks has been rescinded, in a dramatic slap to the Performance Review Institute (PRI) after widespread industry backlash.

A typical type III aluminum process has about five different types of tanks for cleaning, etching, deoxidizing (or desmutting), anodizing and rinsing.

Deoxidizing solutions are widely used as a subsequent treatment after etching aluminum. However, the inherent properties of deoxidizing solutions allow for a wide range of applications from enhancing the activity of the substrate to removing chemical film.